Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Patty Alper is president of the Alper Portfolio Group and is a board member of both NFTE and US2020—the White House initiative to build mentorship in STEM careers. She also serves on the corporate committee for Million Women Mentors, and was recently inducted into Who’s Who Top Executives in America. Patty was recently honored by NFTE with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Volunteerism. Patty’s experiences have led her to roles as a prominent speaker and mentoring consultant to education institutions and corporations, and the author of Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America. Visit www.teachtowork.com for more information.
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Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Founded in New York City in 1987 by Steve Mariotti, a former entrepreneur turned high school math teacher in the South Bronx, NFTE began as a program to prevent dropouts and improve academic performance among students who were at risk of failing or quitting school.Combining his business background with his desire to teach at-risk students,Steve discovered that when young people from low-income communities are given the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, their innate "street smarts" can easily develop into "academic smarts" and "business smarts." Through entrepreneurship, young people discover that what they are learning in the classroom is relevant to the real world. By teaching the entrepreneurial mindset, NFTE provides young people with tools and attitudes to overcome adversity and address future personal, economic, community and global challenges.The NFTE has worked with more than 500,000 young people from low-income communities in programs across the U.S. and around the world. As of fall, 2014 NFTE operates their successful curriculum in 19 U.S. communities and 12 countries and continues to expand - sharing and spreading the transformative power of entrepreneurship.